2:21 PM,
May 6, 2014

Western Michigan football player Joshua Bass has been sent home to recover from a staph infection.

Written by

Nick Buckley
Gannett Michigan

About three weeks ago, Western Michigan freshman Josh Bass was battling in the trenches, taking snaps at guard with the first-team offense during a Broncos' spring practice.

A few days later, the Harper Creek graduate was in a fight for his life.

Bass tore a muscle in his hip, which created a staph infection that released toxins into his body. In a matter of days, he was put on a ventilator, induced into a coma, put on dialysis and had four surgeries to successfully remove dead tissue that caused his near-death experience. ...